Basket



y ful Improvements in Baskets, of which the NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRITS JEPSEN AND` HERMAN JEPSEN, OFUHICAGO, ILLlNOIS.

BASKET'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patent No. 470,680, dated March15, 1892.

Application `iiled June 15,1891. Serial No. 396.272. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.:

Beit known that we, FRITS J EPSEN and HER- MAN JEPSEN, citizens of Denmark, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and usefollowing is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a parthereof, andin which- Figure l is a vertical axial section of one of the improvedbaskets of preferred form. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with portionsbroken away. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of one of the improvedbaskets of slightlymodied form. y

The object of our present invention is to improve, simplify, and cheapenthe construction of baskets, and especially to provide a basket of suchform that it can be advantageously made of metal.

The invention consists in certain features of novelty that areparticularly pointed out. in the claim hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the bottom, formed of two disksa a, occupying parallel planes, and B E represent the staves of whichthe sides are formed, the lower ends of which project between the disksa a and aretliere secured by rivets b b or other suitable fasteners. Thestaves taper toward their lower ends more or less, according to theshape it is desired that the basket shall have, and their adjacentmargins overlap each other slightly, so that there shall be no spacesbewater. The upper ends of all the staves project between two bands Cand C', the bands and staves being all secured together by rivets c orother suitable fasteners. One of these bands-say the outer one C-extendsupward slightly above the other and above "the ends of the staves, andits edge is spun over them, as shown at c', for giving the top edge ofthe basket a finished appearance. We prefer to construct the bottom, thestaves, and the bands of sheet metal and secure them together by rivets;but we believe that our invention is not necessarily limited to thatmaterial.

Having thus described our invention, the following is what We claim asnew therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

As anew article of manufacture, a basket having its bottom formed ot' apair of disks d a, sides formed of a number of tapering staves B B,overlapped at their meeting edges and having their lower ends securedbetween said disks, and the bands C C', between which the upper ends ofsaid staves are secured, the upper edge of one of said bands beingturned over the other, substantially as set forth.

FRITS J EPSEN. HERMAN J EPSEN.

Vitnesses:

L. M. HoPKINs, J. HALPENNY.

